S5E09 - Superconductivity

Elisa & Karim present the topic of supreconductivity, with great finesse and detail, going over the history of its discovery to some of the current and potential future applications that could revolutionise our society !

-- : : Chapters : : --

1:30 - What is superconductivity

2:37 - The discovery of superconductivity

5:55 - What is the holy grail of superconductivity

8:00 - how can we explain superconductivity?

11:40 - The Meissner effect and the link to superconductors

15:00 - ceramics and higher temperature superconductors

18:40 - Some applications

20:25 - some of the challenges with cooling super conductors and difficulty of room-temperature SC

22:40 - What is “quenching” and why is it a problem for SC cables

27:00 - Applications

-- Credits --

Intro Music :

"Feelin Good" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Episode Music :

"Mirage" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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